Somehow cleaning is a little more fun when you have a nice cloth to do it with. And when you can say your knitting time is in the service of spring cleaning, that’s even better.
The Staying Home spa cloth … Read More...
Carrot Quilt Block Pattern
Made as part of an Easter bunny quilt, this charming paper pieced carrot quilt block from The Objects of Design will have you wanting to make an entire quilt out of carrots! It’s a great scrap buster and it’s so … Read More...
Clean and Simple Hello Card
Want to send someone a quick note just to say “Hi”? This clean and simple card design is just the thing. Michelle ink blended the bottom section of a white card base, then stenciled some flowers over top and added … Read More...
Spring Mini Quilt or Table Topper – Sewing Tutorial
Sew a mini quilt to brighten your space and welcome spring! You can hang it on the wall or use it as a table topper. The Seasoned Homemaker has a tutorial showing how to make this lovely mini-quilt. The design … Read More...
How To Make Mini Album Made from Recycled Cards
Aly Dosdall used pre-printed boxed greeting cards to create an easy mini album. She punched down the side of the cards to use as base pages and added discs for the binding. She got creative on several of the pages … Read More...
Women’s History Month Card
To celebrate Women’s History Month
Sandy Allnock created this terrific card featuring Katherine Johnson who worked as a mathematician at NASA, she’s one of the amazing women featured in the wonderful film Hidden Figures. Sandy transformed some stamps from Ellen … Read More...
Free Spring and Easter Papers
These beautiful pattern papers are perfect for Spring and Easter Scrapbook layouts, planner pages and cards. They are filled with pretty flowers, bunnies and baskets and are FREE to download from Paper Crafter Magazine.
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How to make Borax crystal colorful Easter Eggs
Who doesn’t love a bit of sparkle? And Easter eggs are no exception. I have had making crystals on my “to-try” list for quite some time and this project just might be the one that gets it up to the … Read More...
Book Review: Simple Chunky Knits
Big yarn doesn’t seem to be going away, and projects worked with super bulky and jumbo yarn — whether with big needles, your arms or a big crochet hook — can be finished quickly for nearly instant gratification that’s also … Read More...
Bumblebee and Clover Cross Stitch Pattern
This bumblebee and clover cross stitch design from Nadezhda Mashtakova is stunning and has a lot of great detail in the bee’s wings and the flower itself.
The design is 75 by 71 stitches and uses 25 colors including blends. … Read More...
Beaded Backstitch Embroidery Tutorial
Have you ever thought about adding a little (or a lot of) bling to your hand embroidery projects? Well if you have, or even if you haven’t, then you should check out this tutorial from Cedar Canyon Textiles.
This article … Read More...
Monday Makers – Joe & Debbie
Start your week off right with Monday Makers on Crafter’s TV! Join Joe & Sara for all the fun, crafting, and bargains you know and love! And make sure you join our communities to chat, share makes, and be … Read More...
Neutral Easter Decor Ideas
These Easter decorations are not your mainstream pastels, pinks and yellows. Instead, this roundup is for neutral colors for natural decor designs. These muted colors are perfect for farmhouse, coastal, country-styled homes.
Updated to add: We have had lots of … Read More...
3 Easy Easter Cards
Yana Smakula has created 3 easy Easter Cards using some cute new products from Simon Says Stamp. By using the same products but slightly different card layout designs it’s simple to make cards that are similar but different so you … Read More...
Crochet Pattern – Quick Winter Hat
Learning how to crochet a hat is an easy project. And this Quick Winter Hat reminds me of being a kid again, with lots of whimsy and fun! This free crochet hat pattern is a fun and easy project … Read More...
Explore Scrapbook Layout Idea
Michelle filled sections of this large zig-zag die cut with coordinating pattern papers for a cool background on her Explore layout. She placed her two photos in the middle of the page adding clusters of embellishments around and the bold … Read More...
How to Sew Puff Sleeves – Sewing Tutorial
Add puff sleeves to any t-shirt or dress pattern with this easy pattern hack! Emily at Life Sew Savory shows how to make puff sleeves from a basic t-shirt sleeve. It’s an easy pattern variation that you can use to … Read More...
Watercolor Card for Dad
Masculine cards can sometimes be challenging but this beautiful watercolor card from Debbie is perfect to send to Dad for his birthday or Father’s Day. She used new stamps from Colorado Craft Company colored with liquid watercolors to create it, … Read More...
Paper Pleating Technique
I love the vintage fashion style of this wonderful layout from Lea! The area that really stands out is of course the paper pleating. This dimensional fold can be easily done with pattern paper and a scoring board and will … Read More...
Twisted Fabric Headband – Free Sewing Pattern
Sew yourself a new hair accessory for spring! This twisted fabric headband would be so pretty sewn up in spring florals. All you need is a half yard of fabric and a bit of elastic. Go to Orange Bettie for … Read More...